Youth Leadership Summits

The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) National Youth/Student Council hosts regional leadership summits each year to provide training and development to youth, students, young adults, and young professionals.

Past summits have been hosted in Fresno, Berkeley, Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland, New Orleans, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Washington D.C., and San Francisco, with topics ranging from leadership development to combating xenophobia.

The JACL NY/SC’s Youth Leadership Summits are made possible thanks to the generous support of State Farm and Southwest Airlines.

The 2017 Japanese American Citizen’s League Eastern District Council’s National Youth/Student Council summit “Asian American Feminism: Not Your Asian Sidekick” will be presented at Smith College by the student organization Pan-Asians In Action. Focusing on issues surrounding Asian/American/Pacific-Islander feminism and activism, we hope to create a space where Asian women…

The National Youth/Student Council of the Japanese American Citizens League will be holding a youth summit in conjunction with the Midwest District Council district meeting from on October 15th at the Livonia Detroit Marriott. This event requires pre-registration but is offered for free, and we have limited housing available…